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South Wales, Australia, assignor to Punch Engineering Pty. Limited, Cammeray, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, a company of New South Wales Original application May 13, 1949, Serial No. 93,206. Divided and this application June 7, 1951, Serial No. 230,271

Claims priority, application Australia February 24, 1945 4 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a system for dispensing articles of various character from storage.

This application is a division of my co-pending application Serial No. 93,206, filed May 13, 1949, now Patent No. 2,657,858, which latter in turn is a continuation-in-part of my cc pending parent application Serial No. 643,945, filed January 28, 1946, now Patent No. 2,627,941.

It is an object of the invention to provide means whereby required quantities of different kinds of articles such as those constituting the stock of a shop or store may be automatically or semi-automatically dispensed from shelves or bins upon or in which they have been stacked or otherwise prearranged or grouped.

According to one feature of the invention each kind of article in the stock is allotted some characteristic code which identifies it, such as a sequence or combination of digits or letters or both and when this kind of article is required, keys or other electrical contacts are operated in accordance with this code to establish an electrical circuit which thereupon operates a storage and releasing device for the required kind of article and causes the required quantity thereof to be released from the storage position on to a convoy ing or distributing mechanism by which it is delivered to a receptacle, wrapping counter or other desired destination. Each of said storage and releasing devices comprises a movable member on which said articles stand or lie and means operated by said electrical circuit to move the movable member so that each article in turn is brought into a position where it moves away from the remaining articles by the action of gravity.

In this manner selections of required articles from a very large number of different kinds of articles can be rapidly carried out and the usual process whereby storemen, or shop assistants walk around and collect articles from shelves or bins is eliminated.

According to a further feature of the invention a registering and indicating device is associated with the aforesaid devices whereby a record of the kind, quantity and/or value of the articles collected is recorded. This record in the form of a ticket is, in one embodiment of the invention, delivered with the articles and shows the total price which the customer has to pay.

According to a further feature of the invention the stock is located in a position remote from the operating devices, whereby the use of expensive shop front space for storage is avoided. In one embodiment of the invention a small fronted shop contains the operation position and delivery position and the articles are brought automatically by conveyor from a store located at a remote point, such as the back yard or an upper storey where storage costs are much less.

According to another feature or" the invention the release of the articles on to the conveyor systern is effected by means of a magnetic clutch, which is energised as part of said electrical circuit and causes a continuously moving member such as a rotating shaft to move the articles forward so that the foremost article topples under the action of gravity on to the conveying system. During its fall it operates an electrical contact mechanism which causes the de-energisation of said magnetic clutch and thus the cessation of the forward movement of the articles.

It is a further feature of the invention that, when a plurality of articles of the same kind have to be released, the aforesaid electrical contact when operated by the falling articles is caused to interwork with a counting mechanism, said counting device being set to the required number whereby articles continue to be released until the counting mechanism is counted out.

It is another feature of the invention to provide registering mechanisms whereby the codes indicative of the required articles can be stored and thus a number of different batches of articles may be set up irrespective of whether the releasing and/ or conveying mechanism ready to handle them. In this manner the same conveying and releasing mechanism can be used to convey difi'erent batches, these being separated by the time at which they enter the conveying system.

Further features of the invention including provision of alarm facilities and cancelling facilities will be apparent from the description given below in connection with the drawings showing one particular embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 1 shows diagrammatically a layout of the article dispensing system.

Fig. 2 shows details of the bin or shelf arrange ment with the release mechanism.

Fig. 2a and Fig. 2b give details of the clutch mechanism used for the arrangement shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 3 and Fig. 3a are diagrams showing the circuits for the selection and release of articles.

Fig. gives schematically the connections for a registering and indicating device used in connection with a system operated in accordance with the electrical circuits as shown in Figs. 3 and 3a.

Fig. 5 gives details for an arrangement to distribute various batches of articles to a plurality of receptacles.

Fig. 6 shows diagrammatically the arrangement of a plurality of key sets and registers and the connections with an arrangement as shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 and Fig. 7a show the circuit diagram for a code storage register.

Fig, 8 and Fig. 8a show diagrammatically the arrangement for the selection of a plurality of articles of the same kind by the operation of quantity keys.

Figs. 9, 9a, 9b and 90 give details of the displaceable guide member for the distribution of articles into various receptacles as shown diagrammatically in Fig. 5.

Fig. 10 shows an example of the layout of a shop using an article dispensing system accord ing to the invention.

Fig. 11 shows how the various drawings fit together to complet the electrical circuits.

The system as shown in the layout of Fig. 1 provides for an operators position, a selecting relay group and a shelf arrangement which contains the necessary mechanism for the dispensing of the articles together with conveyor means to transport the articles to the wanted localities. A code or number storage register and a registering and indicating device can be added if required. As the operators position is only electrically connected with the shelf storage arrangement of the articles to be dispensed, this shelf arrangement can be separately placed from the operators position and thus, for example, the operators position can be located on th ground floor of a shop, while the storage arrangement itself is located at an upper floor, an adjacent building or in any other locality. In this case the selected articles are transported to the shop by suitable conveying means.

Furthermore, it is possible to locate the stock in a central store and to transfer orders from outlying offices to the store where they can be picked up after completion.

The stock numbers in the latter case can be transmitted by any known method of code or number transmission.

The selection of articles from the operators position can be made by a shop assistant, or the customer himself may operate the mechanism to select his own goods.

The article dispensing system can be arranged for exampl as shown in Fig. 0. A shop I18 has next to its entrance I I9 show cases I20 which display the various kinds of articles on sale through the dispensing system and give their individual code or stock numbers. The counter I2I is divided between the operators position with the keyboard I and the delivery counter I22. The articles selected at the keyboard are released from the shelf arrangement I24 at th back of the shop and are then transported via conveyors 9, chutes I8 and conveyor II to the delivery counter I22. The necessary relays and other auxiliary devices for the system are arranged at the side of the shop as indicated at I and a printing device Id can be so arranged that tickets showing the price of selected articles will be forwarded together with the articles themselves via conveyor lI. At the back of the shelf arrange ment I24 is the bulk store I23, in which the articles are stored before they are put into the various shelves.

Returning to Fig. 1 the operators position comprises a key set i which consists of a number of rows of ten keys as indicated at 2. Each row of ten keys is used for the selection of one hundred shelves, the number of rows of keys thus being dependent on the number of shelf groups comprising one hundred shelves each. At the end of each row of keys are arranged a busy lamp 3, a no stock lamp 4 and a cancel key 5. A further key 6 which is pressed whenever an order is completed is common to all the rows of keys. The functions of these keys and lamps will be described later on in detail.

The ke set i is connected electrically via cable I21, the selecting group 1 containing the necessary relays and cable I28 with a shelf arrangement I24 in which the articles to be dispensed are stored. Each shelf or bin marked by a square 8 contains one kind of article and associated with each horizontal row of bins are travelling belts 9 which run continuously driven by an electric motor I25 to collect th article discharged from the horizontal rows of bins and transfer them to a wanted locality. Each article operates a trip contact IS when it parts from its shelf. In the schematic layout of Fig. l the articles slide down chutes I0 and from there to a common conveyor belt II, travelling over a roller I2, to a delivery counter (not shown).

Each shelf is fitted with a storag belt I5 on which the articles are stored and all these belts can be connected individually by a release and clutch arrangement 23, 26 with a common driving shaft 1?, driven by a motor I28 which drives also the common conveyor I I.

Details of the belt and clutch arrangement to release articles from the shelves are shown in Figs. 2, 2a and 2b and will be described later on.

If required a code or number storage register I3 can be inserted between the key set I and the selecting group I and a registering and indicating device I4 can be added to print the code or stock number of the selected items and record their respective values.

When the operator receives the stock list giving the stock number of the articles required and the quantity of each of them, she keys the stock number on the key set and thereby operates the release mechanism associated with the corresponding bin.

The stock lllll'IlbBl' or code consists of a preliminary digit or letter telling the operator which row of keys to select and is followed by two further digits representing a particular bin in one group of a hundred bins chosen by the preliminary digit. These latter two digits are pressed by the operator in succession on the selected row of keys. In the following description these latter two digits are referred to as the first and the second digit.

The articles selected and released from the bins fall on to a travelling belt 9 and from there down a chute It? on to the common conveyor belt II, which carries the articles to the delivery counter.

Details of the bin or shelf arrangement and release mechanism are shown in Fig. 2, Fig. 2a and Fig. 21). Each bin 8 of the bin arrangement I24 is fitted with a movable belt I5 upon which the articles stand or lie as indicated by the articles IS. The movable belt which is normally stationary can be driven by a clutch mechanism from a continuously rotating shaft I'I when the release mechanism of this particular bin is operated as described in detail later on. In this case the belt I5 moves forward until the foremost article I6 is brought into a position where it overbalances and thus moves away from the remaining articles by the action of gravity.

The released article falls down on to the conveyor belt t which runs along a horizontal row of bins over rollers "i i, to transfer the articles to chute it. Wr le falling down. from belt I5 each article actuat a 'rip lever I8. This trip lever I8 operates cont. it, 2! 2i and 22 which amongst other functions .nterrupts at contact 22 the circult of the previously operated release mechanism thus stopping further movement of the belt I5. It must be understood, however, that the stoppage of the belt can alternatively be performed by a contact at the belt itself or by a separate timing device, although the preferred arrangement is that described wherein the articles themselves operate the release contact.

7 The clutch mechanism itself shown in detail in Fig. 2a and Fig. 2b is similar to the clutch mecha nisms used for rotary switches in automatic telephone systems as for example described in Electrical Communication January 1935; The clutch and release mechanism consists of a magnet 23 whi h operates a pair of contact springs 24 through a lever 25. Lever is rotatably mounted and has two arms, one of them engaging the contact springs 24, the other arm engaging a flexible tooth wheel 27 mounted on the roller which the belt I5. A projection 25a on lever 25 acts armature for the magnet 23. Connected with the continuously rotating shaft I? is a tooth wheel 25 which. can mesh with the flexible wheel. 2?. The lever 25 keeps the flexible wheel 21 out of gear with the wheel 26 under the action of a spring 28. Whenever the magnet 23 is energised over lead 3 (Fig. 2) will be described in detail in connection with the electrical circuits shown in 3 and Fig. 3c, the projection 25a (Figs. 2a and 2b) of lever 25 is attracted, thus shifting the lever 25 against the force of spring 28 and closing the contact 24 which prepares another circuit for the magnet 23 via contact 22 (Fig. 2) and lead 3'1. At the same time the other arm. of lever 25 removes pressure from. the flexible. wheel 2'! so that the wheels 26 and 27 engage thus driving the belt I5 and bringing the articles I5 (Fig. 2) stored thereon to a position where they topple over to the collecting belt 9. One release mechanism consisting of magnet,

lever and tooth Wheels is provided for each stock bin, and mounted on the framework of bin arrangement I2 but the permanently rotating shaft I! runs up at the rear of the bins and drives: all the belts in one vertical row of bins.

The trip contact mechanism operated by trip lever I8 (Fig. 2), is operated whenever an article I6 leaves the storage belt I5 and topples over to the common conveyor belt 9. The lever I3 operates a contact pack or pile-up consisting of the contacts I9, 20, 2! and 22 as mentioned above. The contact 22 is a break contact which interrupts the circuit from lead 37 to magnet 23 (which was previously operated over lead 3 and held over its own contact 24). The magnet 23 releases lever 25 which returns to its initial position and disengages wheels 26 and 21, thus stopping further movement of the belt I5 when an article is released. The contacts 29 and 2| are used for a price indication, as will be described 1 later on in connection with Fig. 3a and Fig. 4. The contact I!) is used to operate a message register 29 of a type similar to that used in telephone practice. This message register 29 is operated from earth over contact I9, register 29 to battery 6 once each time an article is released from the storage belt i5, thus indicating directly the number of articles issued from a particular bin.

Trailer contacts 30 and 3| are provided for each bin to give an indication whenever the stock in the respective bin falls low or is exhaustecl. The trailer contact 3!] lights an indication lamp 32 when no more articles pass underneath it, warning the attendants that the stock is nearly exhausted. When the last article has left the bin contact 3i is closed and operates a no stock lamp (4 in Figs. '1 and 3a) over the leads 33 and 31 as shown in more detail in Fig. 3a. This no stock lamp lights whenever a bin has been selected by an operator, and the article is not available.

Details of the electrical circuits used for the selection and release of articles from the various bins are shown in Figs. 3 and 3a. One row of ten keys is used for the selection of articles from one group comprising one hundred bins. Only the keys representing the digits (1) (2) and (0) for one group are shown to simplify the diagram, and. it must be understood that the circuits for the remaining keys and the corresponding relays are connected in the same manner. The relays are marked with capital letters and the relay contacts themselves are marked with a small letter corresponding to the capital letter of the relay. All contacts are drawn in the unopera'ted position. The release mechanisms for the various bins are marked with the references Al...AIIl,BI ..BIO,uptoJI ..JIfia-nd the numerical prefixes in the references correspond with the references on Fig. 2. Although the contact arrangements for the release mechanisms AI!) and J H] only are shown in full detail corresponding to the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, it must be understood that all release mechanisms for the various bins are built alike. Thus for example magnets 23A) and 23B) of Fig. 3a both correspond with magnet 23 of Fig. 2.

The magnets 23A! to 23A) indicate the first row of bins; magnets 23BI to 2313M! indicate the second row, and magnets 23J I to 23Jiil indicate the last row, corresponding to diiierent bins from which articles can be selected by the one row of keys as will be described in detail.

As a two digit stock number is necessary to dispense articles from one bin group, selecting relays A to J are provided for selection according to the first digit. These relays together with several other common relays form part of the selecting group i (Fig. 1).

The digit keys (I), (2) (t), the cancel key 5, the batch completed key t, the busy lamp 3 and the no stock lamp 4 form part of the operators position as was mentioned already in connection with Fig. 1.

The working of the circuit shown in Figs. 3 and 3a will now be described in detail in connection with the selection of one article. In case no storage register is used the terminals a and c 2) and 17 c and c are directly connected with each other on panel I3, Fig. 3. It may be assumed that the first and second digit of the stock number assigned to this article are given as the figures l and 0. When the operator presses the key (I) to key-up the first digit, earth is put on the contact ml and thus energises the relay A in series with the relay K. The relay A closes its contacts aI to al I. Contact all closes a circuit from battery over a second winding of relay A via break contact 5a of the cancel key 5 and the break contact pl to earth. At the same time 7 the contacts al to all] connect the magnets 23A! to 23Al with ten common leads representing the digit values 1 to 0.

The relay K over its contact kl closes the circuit for the relay L which in turn prepares over its contact I l a circuit for the relay M.

When the operator releases the key (I) in readiness to key-up the second digit, earth is removed from the upper winding of relay A and relay K. Relay A remains energised over its second winding but relay K is de-energised and its contact Icl falls back again. As the relay L is a slow release relay its contact II is still closed when the contact kl falls back and thus a circuit is completed momentarily for the relay M which operates from earth over contact kl, contact H, relay M to battery; and via its make contact miZ, break contact a of the cancel key 5 and the break contact pl closes a holding circuit over its second winding to which battery is connected, as shown. The busy lamp 3 lights up over the make contact mil to indicate that a selection of articles is in progress. The change-over contacts ml to mill connected with the keys (I) to (0) are all switched over and thus connect the keys (I) to (0) directly with the common leads representing the digit values 1 to 0 and connected with the contacts of the relays A to J.

When the operator presses now the key (0) to select the second digit, earth is placed over this key and operated contact mlfl on the common lead representing the digit 0 and via this lead and the previously closed contact aifl and lead 34 on the magnet 23AM corresponding to the stock number [0 of the article to be dispensed. The magnet 23AM) closes its contact 24am and thus provides a circuit from battery over its second or holding winding, contact Mail), the trip contact 22cm, lead 31, the relay N and the break contact 5%) of key 5 to earth, so that magnet 23Al0 remains operated when the key (ii) is released again.

The relay N via its contact "cl operates the slow release relay 0 which prepares over its contact 0| a circuit for the relay P.

Furthermore, the magnet 23Al0 operates the clutch mechanism (shown in detail in Figs. 2, 2a and 2b) to connect the common driving means with the storage belt (5 (Fig. 2) of the particular bin thus moving the selected article forward until it falls out on to a collector belt 9 (Fig. 2) at the same time operating a trip lever mechanism l8 (Fig. 2).

As soon as the selected article has been discharged from the bin and has operated the trip lever mechanism, the contact 22am (Fig. 3a) is interrupted momentarily thus interrupting the holding circuit of the magnet 23AM], which releases its armature, opening contact 24a) and stopping the storage belt and furthermore releasing the relay N which now energises the relay P over its contact 1t! and the closed contact 0!. This relay at its break contact pl removes earth from the cancel key 5 and thus interrupts the holding circuits for the relays M and A. The function of contact p2 will be described later. The slow release relay 0 then releases as its circuit is interrupted at contact nl and thus deenergises relay P, so that the whole selecting circuit is restored to normal.

Any other digit or digit combination representing another stock number can be set up in the same way. If the first digit is, for example, the digit 2, relay .8 would be operated instead of relay A and then the selection of the second digit would operate one of the magnets 2313i to 23B"). Any other method of selecting bins may be used without departing from the spirit of the invention, for example a step by step or other selector switch system whether under control of a register or of an operator directly. As already shown in connection with Fig. 2 each bin is connected wtih a message register to indicate the quantity of articles discharged from each bin. These message registers are shown for two bins in Fig. 3a

the registers 29Alfi and 29.7 H! which are operated over the contacts I9al0 and [Bill] respectively, when an article operates the corresponding trip mechanism. Although only two registers are shown, all the bins can be equipped in the same way.

In case the selected article, for example with the stock number 10, is out of stock, the corresponding trailer contact 3 ialll (contact 3| in Fig. 2) is closed. When the magnet 23A) is energised a circuit is closed over its second winding, its contact 24am, contact 3lal0, lead 33, no stock lamp 4 to earth, lamp 4 lights up and thus indicates to the operator that this selected item is not available.

The operator then presses the cancel key 5, thus momentarily interrupting at contacts 50 and 5b the circuit already set up for the selection of this item. The same operation is performed whenever a selection shall be cancelled before the selected article has left the bin.

When it is desirable to make a record of the stock number of each dispensed article and the price thereof a recording and printing device (H in Fig. 1) can be provided as shown schematically in Fig. 4. Such devices are known in themselves and are for example used in a calculating machine as described in Brit. Pat. No. 314,026. The printer 88 consists of rows of 10 magnets for example 58, 5| up to 52 and prints a digit determined by the magnet which is energised. It will be clear that the operation of the keys in Fig. 3 can be used to operate such a mechanism to record the number at the printer. This is done by connecting the back contacts of the relay contacts mi, m2 to mill (Fig. 3) to the magnets 50, 5| up to 52 in Fig. 4 as shown by the connecting leads i4, 45, 4B. Thus the first digit is printed. The front contacts of the relay contacts ml, ml to mlll in Fig. 3 are connected via the leads 41, 18, 89 to the next row of 10 magnets 53, 54 to 55 of printer 56 in Fig. 4 thus printing the second digit. In this way the stock number will be printed on a card. (The printing of a preliminary digit indicated by the row of keys chosen has not been shown in the drawing. It will be clear that another row of magnets such as 5!), 5i each operated from one of the various relays M, associated with the various rows of keys, can be provided to print the preliminary digit.)

The trip mechanism l8 (Fig. 2) operates contacts 29 and 2 i, as mentioned before. These contacts are again shown for two bins in Fig. 3a as contacts 25mm, 20710 and 21a), 217'). A third row of 10 printing magnets 56, 51 to 58 (Fig. 4) (total of say 20 for prices up to 20 shillings) are wired to terminals 61 on a jumpering frame for example similar to that in a telephone exchange and every stock bin has two terminals wired to the other side 68 of the jumpering frame, as indicated by wires 35Al0, 36AM] and 35JHI, 35.7 is leading to the abovementioned contacts in Fig. 3a. Another set of 11 terminals on the jumpering frame is wired similarly to the next row of 11 

